01500cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF011652 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781463933173 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Sanya, Sarah. Assessing Bank Competition within the East African Community / Sarah Sanya, Matthew Gaertner. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012. 1 online resource (25 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper is an empirical analysis of competitiveness in the banking system of four out of the five East African Community (EAC) countries2. The results show that the degree of competition is low due to a combination of structural and socio-economic factors. By way of preview, the analysis ranks the countries in terms of banking sector competitiveness in the following order: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. Mode of access: Internet Gaertner, Matthew. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/032 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2012/032/001.2012.issue-032-en.xml IMF e-Library